Brexit: something and nothing
February 28, 2023 2:23 am Post a CommentDuring his press conference yesterday, Sunak made the bold claim that, “We have now made a decisive breakthrough – together... View Article
Tag Archive: Northern Ireland Protocol
Brexit: much ado about nothing
February 27, 2023 1:57 am Post a CommentAt the moment, I can’t quite work out who is conning who (or is it whom?). But my first choice... View Article
Brexit: a fight to the death
February 26, 2023 2:57 am Post a CommentAlthough there has been a great deal of media chatter on the possibility of an all-new, “washes whiter” Northern Ireland... View Article
Brexit: final straw for the Commission
July 23, 2022 2:20 am Post a CommentIf ever there was a totally unnecessary squabble, it is the dispute between the UK government and the European Commission... View Article
Politics: the wrong type of issue
October 14, 2021 2:06 am Post a CommentWith Northern Ireland back in the headlines, I’m almost tempted to write about something completely different, such as the mating... View Article
Politics: part of the problem
July 30, 2021 2:13 am Post a CommentOn 14 April of this year, the newly-formed House of Lords European Affairs Committee set up a sub-committee on the... View Article
Brexit: sweet reasonableness
July 28, 2021 1:38 am Post a CommentJust when you think the situation is settling into a predictable rut, something turns up which puts it on a... View Article
Brexit: on a collision course
July 27, 2021 3:13 am Post a CommentWhatever could be in terms of a resolution of the Northern Ireland Protocol dispute, it is also evident that nothing rational is... View Article
Brexit: reframing the debate
July 26, 2021 2:28 am Post a CommentI think it is fairly evident from my writing on this blog that I have little regard for Johnson’s train-wreck... View Article
Brexit: a missed opportunity
July 24, 2021 1:34 am Post a CommentOn 12 March of this year, the online newspaper iNews published an article headed: “Cadbury and McVitie’s exports to EU will need... View Article
Brexit: Von der Leyen rejects
July 23, 2021 2:08 am Post a CommentJust for once, HMG is breaking the mould. It is actually coming up some ideas of its own, instead of... View Article
Brexit: ready for the Liechtenstein gambit?
July 22, 2021 2:07 am Post a CommentIt’s happened as advertised: the recently ennobled David Frost has delivered his statement to the House of Lords to coincide with the... View Article
Brexit: the tedium wakes
July 20, 2021 2:26 am Post a CommentWith so much going on, even at the cusp of the silly season, it is easy to forget Brexit. But,... View Article
Brexit: nothing settled
July 1, 2021 1:33 am Post a CommentLeaping out from the high court decision in Belfast yesterday, where the legality of the NI protocol had been challenged, was the... View Article
Brexit: broken beyond repair
June 23, 2021 2:04 am Post a CommentThis is the fifth anniversary of the day we went to the polls and set in train the events which... View Article
Brexit: “whatever it takes”
June 14, 2021 1:45 am Post a CommentThe legacy media has written more about Northern Ireland over the last couple of weeks than it wrote throughout the... View Article